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| ===== When are Emails Sent ===== | ===== When are Emails Sent ===== | ||
| - | Currently there a variety of situations when emails are not sent. Perhaps a configuration option should be set. At present emails are only sent out if the backup has actually started. If a machine is not available for backup then this will not generate an email report. For automated notifications regarding these situations you should schedule the lmail program at a specific interval to report the status of the backups. | + | Currently there a variety of situations when emails are not sent. With the default LBackup example configuration emails are only sent out if the backup has actually started. If a machine is not available for backup then this will not generate an email report. For automated notifications regarding these situations you should schedule the lmail program at a specific interval to report the status of the backups. Another possibility is to enable more verbose email reporting within the LBackup configuration file. |
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| + | ==== Email Reporting on Every Backup Run ==== | ||
| + | There is a configuration option which you may set so that every time a backup configuration is executed an email is sent out regardless of the success or failure of the backup. Please examine the example lbackup configuration included in the ''/lbackup'' directory. | ||
| ===== Email Locking ===== | ===== Email Locking ===== | ||
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| ==== Locking for Sending Emails ==== | ==== Locking for Sending Emails ==== | ||
| This would ensure that only one email can be sent at a time. This is currently a low priority. | This would ensure that only one email can be sent at a time. This is currently a low priority. | ||
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| ==== Check for Backup Lock Before Sending Email ==== | ==== Check for Backup Lock Before Sending Email ==== | ||
| This would ensure that emails are only sent when a backup is not in progress. This feature is debatable and requires requires further discussion. | This would ensure that emails are only sent when a backup is not in progress. This feature is debatable and requires requires further discussion. | ||
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